[Leica] Re: Color Film and my resurrected Leica addiction

[Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>]

If you took your film to a mini lab, it probably didn't have a print
channel set-up for Vericolor III. I doubt seriously if many mini labs ever
see VPS. Unless there is a print channel set-up for that film's balance,
they will run it on a generic channel (right Dan???) and you get what you get.

IMHO,

Jim


At 08:43 PM 3/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
>The Leica Users Group is the first news group to which I've subscribed so
>please excuse me if I don't do this posting right.  I don't have any thought
>provoking philosophical questions to post but I do have a
>technical/preference question.
>
>	I had a Leica II f when I was in high school which is about 30 years ago.
>Camera took absolutely beautiful pictures with wonderful contrast.  I traded
>it in for a used M3 many years ago and when I went off to college, lost
>interest in photography.  Anyway, a few months ago, my daughter expressed
>some interest in learning how to take pictures so her grandfather gave her a
>Nikon F2A that he's had for about 20 years that's had all of about 3 rolls
>of film run through it.  Anyway, I caught the Leica bug again and bought an
>M6 HM TTL and a Noctilux.
>	I had always used VPS as my color film 25+ years ago.  I did some research
>and determined that VPS is still available for now, anyway.  I also
>determined that Royal Gold has a bit of a following.  I shot a roll of both
>through the camera and just as with the II F, the contrast and sharpness is
>so much better than my old Nikon and my daughter's.  What wasn't too
>impressive, however, was the coloration of the VPS.  The VPS had a
>greenish/blue cast.  The Royal Gold was beautiful. Pictures were shot with a
>flash in a gym at my daughter's baskeball game.    Both rolls were developed
>at the same time by the same processor.  Anyone else use VPS?  Anyone else
>seen this type of problem?  Anyone else have any comments on their
>preferences for color film?
>
>	Also, I just bought a used MC meter for my M3.  I just got it and haven't
>sat down to figure out how it works.  There appears to be a red and a black
>scale of f stops and a switch with a red and black button on it.  I presume
>the switch selects the black and red f stops but what's the difference?
>
>	Thanks for any comments.
>Ernie
> eferro@tbscc.com
>